θρηνεῖν

From LSJ

στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → for no one loves the messenger who brings bad news

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also θρηνέω): bewail, lament, make lamentation, sing a dirge over, sing a dirge, sing an elegy